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. 2012 Nov 30;7(11):e50158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050158

Table 1. Reproduction (r) and mortality values due to infection (μinf) for saprotrophic pathogens Flavobacterium columnare and Serratia marcescens and some of their hosts based on experimental studies.

Pathogen rP Host μinf rS
F. columnare 2.4–7.2 day−1 [39] Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar 0.2–0.3 day−1 [50] 0.2–1.7 day−1 [52]
Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss 0.2–0.4 day−1 [50] 0.08–0.4 day−1 [53], [54]
Brown trout, Salmo trutta 0.01–0.05 day−1 [50] 0.05–0.34 day−1 [55], [56]
Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha 0.01–0.05 day−1 [50] 0.2–4.4 day−1 [57]
Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus 0.2–0.3 day−1 [50] 0.2–9.1 day−1 [58], [59]
Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus 0.01–1.0 day−1 [38] 2.3–19.7 day−1 [60]
Zebra fish, Danio rerio 0.2–0.4 day−1 [51] 15–200 day−1 [61]
S. marcescens 2.4–6 day−1 [62] Drosophila melanogaster 0.002–1.0 day−1 [63] 11–41 day−1 [64]

In the fish host reproduction rates, the number of eggs produced per kg during a year, average weight range of mature fish and survival rate of eggs to fry has been taken into account.